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| Keywords: 1873 Beers Map of Astoria, Queens, New York City - Geographicus - Astoria-beers-1873.jpg A scarce example of Fredrick W Beers ™ map of the southern part of Astoria Queens New York Published in 1873 this magnificent map covers from Hells Gate and Halletts Cove eastward as far as Third Ave and the Lorrenz and Wiegand ™s Hot Houses Street names have long since changed but by today ™s reckoning this map covers roughly from 1st street eastward as far as 34th or 35th street and from 24th road and Hoyt Avenue southward as far as Broadway Details the homes of individual land owners and families This is probably the finest atlas map of Astoria to appear in the 19th century Prepared by Beers Comstock Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street New York City for inclusion as plate no 50 in the first published atlas of Long Island the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island New York 1873 undated Size in 21 5 15 5 object history credit line accession number Astoria-beers-1873 <i>Atlas of Long Island New York From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F W Beers </i> 1873 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-art File Astoria Part of Long Island City Town of Newtown Queens Co L I NYPL1527281 tiff Beers maps of Long Island published in 1873 Astoria Queens | ||||
